Distances from London
The straight-line (as-the-crow-flies) distance from London to the other major cities in United Kingdom, sorted nearest first. By road, the real distance is usually 20–40% longer.
The nearest city to London is Luton, ≈ 46 km in a straight line.
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Straight-line (as-the-crow-flies) distance between city centres. By road, the real distance is usually 20–40% longer.
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46km
London → Luton · 29 miles
DirectionNNW · 334°
Estimated time0 h 40 min
Estimated fuel4.2 L · 31.33 £
Road distance (est.)~60 km
Midpoint51.6942, -0.271
Time and fuel are estimates at the chosen speed and consumption, for the estimated road distance (≈1.3× the straight line when a live route isn't available).
London → Luton: 46 km (29 mi) · NNW · 334° · ~0 h 40 min| City | Straight-line | Direction | Est. time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luton Luton | 46 km | NNW | 0 h 31 min |
| Reading Reading | 59 km | W | 0 h 39 min |
| Brighton Brighton and Hove | 76 km | S | 0 h 50 min |
| Milton Keynes Milton Keynes | 77 km | NNW | 0 h 51 min |
| Cambridge Cambridgeshire | 79 km | NNE | 0 h 52 min |
| Oxford Oxfordshire | 83 km | WNW | 0 h 55 min |
| Northampton North Northamptonshire | 97 km | NNW | 1 h 05 min |
| Portsmouth Portsmouth | 103 km | SW | 1 h 08 min |
| Ipswich Suffolk | 107 km | NE | 1 h 12 min |
| Southampton City of Southampton | 110 km | SW | 1 h 13 min |
| Swindon Swindon | 115 km | W | 1 h 16 min |
| Peterborough Peterborough | 120 km | N | 1 h 20 min |
| Coventry Coventry | 138 km | NW | 1 h 32 min |
| Leicester Leicester | 143 km | NNW | 1 h 35 min |
| Bournemouth Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole | 151 km | SW | 1 h 40 min |
| Gloucester Gloucestershire | 151 km | WNW | 1 h 41 min |
| Bath Bath and North East Somerset | 156 km | W | 1 h 44 min |
| Norwich Norfolk | 158 km | NE | 1 h 45 min |
| Birmingham Birmingham | 163 km | NW | 1 h 48 min |
| Bristol Bristol | 171 km | W | 1 h 54 min |
| Nottingham Nottingham | 175 km | NNW | 1 h 57 min |
| Wolverhampton Wolverhampton | 181 km | NW | 2 h 01 min |
| Derby Nottingham | 182 km | NNW | 2 h 01 min |
| Lincoln Lincolnshire | 193 km | N | 2 h 09 min |
| Cardiff Cardiff | 211 km | W | 2 h 21 min |
| Stoke-on-Trent Stoke-on-Trent | 217 km | NW | 2 h 25 min |
| Sheffield Sheffield | 227 km | NNW | 2 h 32 min |
| Kingston upon Hull City of Kingston upon Hull | 249 km | N | 2 h 46 min |
| Exeter Devon | 253 km | WSW | 2 h 49 min |
| Manchester Stockport | 256 km | NNW | 2 h 51 min |
| Swansea Swansea | 264 km | W | 2 h 56 min |
| Chester Cheshire West and Chester | 265 km | NW | 2 h 57 min |
| Leeds Leeds | 272 km | NNW | 3 h 01 min |
| Bolton Bury | 278 km | NNW | 3 h 06 min |
| York York | 280 km | NNW | 3 h 07 min |
| Bradford Bradford | 283 km | NNW | 3 h 09 min |
| Liverpool Liverpool | 286 km | NW | 3 h 11 min |
| Preston Lancashire | 305 km | NW | 3 h 23 min |
| Plymouth Plymouth | 307 km | WSW | 3 h 25 min |
| Blackpool Blackpool | 324 km | NW | 3 h 36 min |
| Middlesbrough Middlesbrough | 349 km | NNW | 3 h 53 min |
| Sunderland Sunderland | 387 km | NNW | 4 h 18 min |
| Newcastle upon Tyne Newcastle upon Tyne | 402 km | NNW | 4 h 28 min |
| Belfast Belfast | 518 km | NW | 5 h 45 min |
| Edinburgh Edinburgh | 534 km | NNW | 5 h 56 min |
| Glasgow Glasgow | 555 km | NNW | 6 h 10 min |
| Dundee Dundee | 582 km | NNW | 6 h 28 min |
| Aberdeen Aberdeen | 639 km | N | 7 h 06 min |
| Inverness Highland | 714 km | NNW | 7 h 56 min |